Dainty does it for Students A

JORDAN Dainty continued his impressive play for Loughborough Students A team in the Premier Division of the Loughborough Table Tennis League to lead his team to 4-2 wins against Unicorn Bitterns and Draycott Dinosaurs.

JORDAN Dainty continued his impressive play for Loughborough Students A team in the Premier Division of the Loughborough Table Tennis League to lead his team to 4-2 wins against Unicorn Bitterns and Draycott Dinosaurs.

Jordan won both his singles and combined with Chris Weir to win both doubles against Unicorn Bitterns, and followed that up with two singles wins and an 11-9, 11-6, 11-7 win in the final doubles for a 4-2 win over Dinosaurs.

Barrow Nomads A kept up their championship challenge with 5-1 win over Unicorn Avocets and then a 4-2 win over Unicorn Bitterns, with Richard Hayes unbeaten in his singles contests.

Barry Taylor won both his singles for Hugglescote Hares against Unicorn Avocets only for Dave Roche and Rizki Wimanda to win a singles each and the first doubles. Taylor combined with Clive Hall to win a close final doubles by 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8 to force a 3-3 draw.

In Division One, John Loan-Clarke and Arthur Tomkinson won two singles each for Unicorn Curlews in a 5-1 win over Hugglescote Hornets.

David Gray and Alan Lowe won a singles each for Hugglescote Hawks but Malcolm Allsop won both his singles and combined with Dom Kingsmill-Stocker to win both doubles in a 4-2 win for Unicorn Dippers.

Usman Tanveer and Baris Sabuncuoglu won two singles each for Students C in a convincing 5-1 victory over Barrow Nomads C.

In Division Two, Andrew Dorrien won the first singles for Students F only for Louise Watson and Linda Walshe to sweep to a 5-1 victory. The best set of the match being Walshe’s win over Dorrien by 11-5, 11-7, 17-19, 9-11, 12-10.

Callum Smedley and James Thomas gained a 4-2 win for Draycott Dungeons over Dolphins with the match very evenly contested.

Martin Croft and Suraj Ajit won a singles each and combined to win the first doubles for Unicorn Egrets but Kent Matsumato won his two singles and combined with Tom Wright to win the final doubles for Hugglescote Harriers to force an exciting 3-3 draw.

Juniors Emma Richardson and David Price won their singles for Draycott Dragons in a 5-1 victory over Students F.